Did you know the Missouri Lottery has awarded nearly $2 billion in jackpot prizes, and more than half of the winners continue to work? Impress your friends with more Lottery trivia.
The three highest multi-state Lottery jackpots awarded nationwide were: $390 million (one ticket) in Mega Millions on March 6, 2007; $365 million (one ticket) in Powerball on Oct. 19, 2005; and $363 million (split two ways) in the Big Game on May 9, 2000.
Currently, 251 tickets worth $1 million or more have been sold since the Missouri Lottery began in 1986, with more than $1.9 billion in jackpot prizes.
The largest Powerball prize awarded in the state of Missouri was $254 million, won by a St. Louis family on Jan. 24, 2007.
Forty-four co-workers at the Independence Power & Light Department shared a $5.4 Million Powerball jackpot on May 23, 1998.
The largest Lotto jackpot was a $19 million jackpot ($9.5 million cash) won by Phillip and Margaret McClurg of St. Louis on June 10, 2000.
The Missouri Lottery has averaged more than 16,843 Numbers Game winners per day and awarded more than $489,242 per day!
An average of 4,935 players win every day playing SHOW ME 5 Paydown.
An average of 978 players win every day playing Pick 3.
An average of 133 players win every day playing Pick 4.
Of Missouri Lottery jackpot winners, 75 percent are between the ages of 30 and 60.
Nearly all Missouri Lottery winners continue to play the Lottery.
The Typical Missouri Lottery Player is:
Is between the ages of 25 and 54;
Has a household income between $25,000 and $60,000;
Is a high school graduate;
Is married; and
Is employed.
First Missouri Lottery Millionaire
Johnnie Magerl (now deceased)
Kansas City, Kan.
Feb. 13, 1986
$2,116,504
Jackpot Wheel Spin
Largest Lottery Prize
The Wilson Family
St. Louis, MO
Jan. 24, 2007
$254 million
Powerball
Oldest Missouri Lottery Millionaire
Omer Williamson (now deceased)
Fulton, MO
Age 85 years, 187 days old when he won in January 1992
$3.5 million
Missouri Lotto
Youngest Missouri Lottery Millionaire
Alicia Herrera
Gladstone, MO
Age 23 when she won in March 1997
$5 million
Missouri Lotto
First Corporation to Win a Jackpot
Royale Marketing, Inc.
Clayton, MO
April 8, 1992
$19.4 million
Missouri's Megabucks
First Partnership to Win a Jackpot
Johnson Family Partnership
Florissant, MO
Nov. 1, 1997
Powerball - 20-year annuity
Winner to Go the Longest Without Claiming
Gwendolyn Rackley
Lotto winner from Aug. 1, 1998, drawing
Claimed on May 11, 1999 - nine months and 11 days after the draw
